I was bathing my little Isabella this morning, as I have done every morning for the past year. But, as I was lathering her up with lotion and putting her diaper on, I stopped to notice something. My little Isabella wasn't so little anymore.
As you can tell from these pictures she is not only crawling, but pulling herself up on things and walking a little holding onto them. She is starting to get into the curious phase, where she is just so interested in looking, touching, and crawling up on everything. To my relief she is nothing like Alyssa and is not walking or running at 10 months old. So I still have a chance to keep up with her.
She gets so proud of herself whenever she does something new or interesting to her. When ever I am having an overly stressed day or I'm worried about something, I can just stop and watch her for a few minutes and it all seems a little better. Life is so fun and new to her. She isn't overcome by all the darkness or evil in the world. She is perfect. I find myself wanting to be more like her. Child-like, innocent, perfect from sins, and free from worry or cares of the world.
Somewhere and somehow it happened, she is turning one year next week. I can not, literally, can not believe that she is one already. It doesn't seem possible. It seems just last night she was kicking and rolling around in my stomach as I tossed back and forth in bed trying to get to a comfortable position. I can remember it so clearly like it was yesterday.
Before she was born, I worried if I would instantly love her as much as I loved Alyssa. Would I be able to care for her and Alyssa both equally? I am thankful to my Heavenly Father for instilling in mothers this amazing ability to love so many, so deeply, and equally. I am so blessed to have Isabella in our family. What a beautiful daughter of God she is.
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She is getting big! Isn't it amazing how fast it goes? I hope with this next little one that I can just slow down and enjoy it more. I hope life will let me. I'm starting to understand now how fleeting their childhoods are. I rember with Logan and Griff both in diapers that I felt like we would be in that stage forever. Now I hardly remember it. Life truly does pass us like a dream.
love you! xoxo
Oh, my goodness! I didn't realize that I'm logged in under Thomas' address. This is Laurel, by the way. Although I'm sure Thomas sends his love too! ;)
You are a wounderful mother. You have alot to give both your children. It is like we go to sleep and wake up and our children are grown up.
I can't believe she is ONE! She is TOO cute!
The flowers are mums. They are a perennial and will die in the fall and come back next summer...my kind of plant! You don't have to do anything but water them.
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